• Op-Ed: Read Local Activist Ed Baker’s Ed 37 Chimes, a Piece on Faith and Action

    VT Digger, November 2024

  • Report: THE DRUG TREATMENT DEBATE

    Drug Policy Alliance, September 2024

  • Addiction Recovery Channel: International Overdose Awareness Day 2024 Full Video

    CCTV, September 2024

  • Vermont Department of Health Publishes Overdose Prevention Center Operating Guidelines

    September 2024

  • Study shows fentanyl’s role in Oregon overdose spike after policy decriminalizing drug possession

    Brown University, September 5, 2024

  • Annual event shares stories, successes and honors Vermonters lost to the opioid crisis

    VT Digger, August 30, 2024

  • AMERSA Supports Decriminalization of Personal Drug & Paraphernalia Use

    AMERSA, August 31, 2024

  • 12 States Host Events for Overdose Prevention Centers National Solidarity Week

    Drug Policy Alliance, August 25, 2024

  • American Medical Association Says Yes to Drug Decriminalization

    MedPage Today, June 12, 2024

  • Burlington mayor hopes the city can open Vermont’s first overdose prevention center within a year

    Vermont Public, June 18, 2024

  • Vermont Legislature Enacts Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Legislation, Overriding Governor Scott's Veto

    Drug Policy Alliance, June 17, 2024

  • Lawmakers override Phil Scott’s veto of overdose prevention center bill

    VT Digger, June 17, 2024

  • Vermont Legislature overrides governor, passing overdose prevention, renewable energy, tax measures

    Associated Press, June 17, 2024

  • Rev. Elissa Johnk: Overdose prevention centers save lives; they must be tried

    VTDigger, June 14, 2024

  • Kate O’Neill: Prevent suffering and death, override the overdose prevention center veto

    VTDigger (opinion), June 11, 2024

  • Why Miami’s Approach to Addiction Is Working

    New York Times, June 6, 2024

  • Podcast: Why an Overdose Prevention Center Makes Sense: Ed Baker and David Mickenberg

    802 News with Mark Johnson, June 5, 2024

  • The addiction crisis is even worse than headlines can convey

    Axios, May 31, 2024

  • Ed Baker: Supporting overdose prevention centers is a moral imperative

    VT Digger (Commentary), May 30, 2024

  • ‘The biggest barrier is us.’ Existence of overdose prevention centers slowed by stigma

    Gannett, May 29, 2024

  • Backtracking on drug decriminalization is politically cowardly – and illogical

    Globe and Mail, May 22, 2024 (Opinion: Manisha Krishnan)

  • As Philly prepares to strictly enforce drug laws, some parents who lost children to overdoses push back against criminalization

    WHYY, May 14, 2024

  • These mothers lost children to opioid overdoses. On Mother's Day, they offer new approach.

    USA Today, May 11, 2024

  • Lawmakers agreed on harm reduction center legislation, but Gov. Scott plans to veto

    Vermont Public, May 8, 2024

  • As Policymakers Begin to Crack Down on Xylazine (Tranq), They Should Get Ready for Medetomidine

    CATO Institute, May 8, 2024

  • Final Reading: Lawmakers send safe injection site pilot legislation to Gov. Phil Scott

    VTDigger, May 7, 2024

  • Overdose-Prevention Site Bill Heads to Gov. Scott's Desk

    Seven Days, May 7, 2024

  • The Vermont Senate gives first green light to overdose prevention center

    NBC 5, May 1, 2024

  • Overdose-Prevention Site Bill Advances in the Vermont Senate

    Seven Days, May 1, 2024

  • 900% increase in blood infections likely due to opioids cut with animal tranquilizer, UVM Medical Center study finds

    VTDigger, April 30, 2024

  • Jessica Barquist: Overdose prevention centers would provide options when people need them the most

    VTDigger, April 25, 2024

  • Vermont opioid crisis presents both barriers and opportunties

    Addison County Independent, April 25, 2024

  • Vermont Advances Safe Consumption Site Bill, But Cuts Second Location

    Filter, Aprl 23, 2024

  • First state-regulated overdose prevention center preps for opening

    Route Fifty, April 23, 2024

  • Three labor unions back calls for Massachusetts to implement overdose prevention centers

    WAMC Public Radio, April 22, 2024

  • Vermont lawmakers grapple with drug decriminalization

    WCAX, April 22, 2024

  • The case for supervised drug use

    Politico, April 19, 2024

  • Maine won’t be decriminalizing drug possession this year, but will likely study it

    Maine Morning Star, April 10, 2024

  • 'The nation is watching us': RI got millions in opioid settlement. Here's how it's spent.

    The Providence Journal, April 10, 2024

  • No, a Jail Is Not an Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Facility — How local jails ignore medical guidelines and contribute to the overdose crisis

    Medpage Today, April 9, 2024

  • Drug treatment boss throws down gauntlet to authorities in bid to open life-saving overdose prevention service

    The Independent, April 7, 2024

  • Unions join effort to establish overdose prevention centers

    Worcester Business Journal, April 5, 2024

  • Trump's surgeon general urges red states to support needle exchanges

    Axios, April 4, 2024

  • Colorado 'safe injection' sites bill wins preliminary House approval after late night fight

    Colorado Politics, April 4, 2024

  • Federal judge dismisses Philadelphia Safehouse case, which sought a legal pathway for supervised injection sites

    WHYY, April 3, 2024

  • The War on Drugs Is Also a War on Pain Patients

    CATO Institute, April 1, 2024

  • Ontario's top doctor calls for decriminalization, limits on legal substances

    CBC, March 29, 2024

  • Maine recovery advocates dismayed after drug decriminalization bill turned into study

    News from the States, March 29, 2024

  • Efforts to curb overdoses in Vermont’s construction industry

    WCAX, March 27, 2024

  • Switzerland had a drug overdose crisis. Then it made methadone easy to get

    Stat, March 26, 2024

  • Final Reading: Senate takes up overdose prevention sites bill

    VTDigger, March 21, 2024

  • Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says

    AP, March 21, 2024

  • Daily Methadone Clinic Dosing Creates Rural Transportation Nightmare

    Filter, March 21, 2024

  • 'Safe Haven': Vermont Is Considering Controversial Overdose-Prevention Sites. 'Seven Days' Went to New York City to See One.

    Seven Days, March 20, 2024

  • Progressive California and Oregon revive the war on drugs amid fentanyl crisis

    NBC News, March 20, 2024

  • Sarah George, Eric Gonzalez and Miriam Aroni Krinsky: It’s time for state and local leaders to embrace overdose prevention centers

    VT Digger (Commentary), March 18, 2024

  • As a Social Worker, I Know Oregon’s Recriminalization of Drugs Impedes Treatment

    Truthout, March 18, 2024

  • Rigid rules at methadone clinics are jeopardizing patients’ path to recovery from opioid addiction

    STAT, March 12, 2024

  • More people who use cocaine in Rhode Island are dying of overdoses

    The Public’s Radio, March 11, 2024

  • This bill would decriminalize possessing small amounts of hard drugs in RI. Does it have support?

    Providence Journal, March 11, 2024

  • Sen. Ginny Lyons: Vermont has drug problems: addiction and prescription drug costs

    The Other Paper (op-ed by Sen. Ginny Lyons,) March 7, 2024

  • Oregon Is Ready to Restart the Drug War

    Rollng Stone, March 7, 2024

  • Worcester takes a step toward opening the state’s first ‘safe injection’ site

    Boston 25 News, March 5, 2024

  • The War on Recovery: How the U.S. is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic

    Stat, March 5, 2024

  • Vermont’s health commissioner says he supports overdose prevention center recommendation

    Vermont Public, March 1, 2024

  • New Empirical Evidence That Overdose Prevention Centers Save Lives

    CATO Institute, March 1, 2024

  • Moral Hazard Has No Place in Addiction Treatment

    New York Times (Opinion)I, March 1, 2024

  • Ed Baker: Open letter of support for overdose prevention centers in Vermont

    VTDigger, February 29, 2024

  • “Another Dimension”—OD Deaths Fall Sharply in Areas Close to SCS

    Filter, February 29, 2024

  • Senator impressed after visiting injection sites

    Gloucester Daily Times, February 26, 2024

  • NBC10 Boston Interview on Overdose Prevention Centers with Mass Sen. John Keenan and Dr. Brandon Marshall

    NBC10 Boston, February 25, 2024

  • Study's findings demonstrate the sweeping effects of America's drug overdose crisis

    NPR, February 22, 2024

  • Brown University website looks to educate the public about overdose prevention centers

    The Providence Journal., February 14, 2024

  • Former national drug policy adviser calls for a state of emergency on the fentanyl overdose crisis

    WXXI News, February 9, 2024

  • Construction Industry Grapples With Its Top Killer: Drug Overdose

    New York Times, February 8, 2024

  • First state-regulated overdose prevention center could open by summer in Providence: Here’s why it has the blessing of state and local officials

    Cranston Herald, February 7, 2024

  • Rev. Devon Thomas: Clergy in favor of overdose prevention centers

    VTDigger (Commentary), February 7, 2024

  • How Oregon Became a Linchpin for the Country’s Drug Policies

    New York Times, February 5, 2024

  • Policies on drugs must advance rights, including to health, Türk says

    United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, February 5, 2024

  • Providence Officials Approve Overdose Prevention Center

    New York Times, February 4, 2024

  • 50 years after founding, NIDA urges following science to move beyond stigma

    National Institute of Drug Abuse, Nora Volkov, February 1, 2024

  • Backlash against drug decriminalization and safe supply 'terrifies' B.C.'s exiting chief coroner

    CBC, February 1, 2024

  • A place to use illegal drugs under medical supervision on the campus of Rhode Island Hospital

    The Public's Radio (Rhode Island), January 31, 2024

  • Ending drug decriminalization won’t save lives, B.C. minister says on anniversary

    Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2024

  • Nation's First State-Regulated Overdose Prevention Center Secures Prime Location

    Project WEBER/RENEW, January 31, 2024

  • The Maine Millennial: Decriminalizing drug possession is the way forward

    Portland Press Herald, January 27, 2024

  • Courageous action needed to save lives from illicit overdoses, B.C.'s coroner says

    The Canadian Press, January 24, 2024

  • Kathy Fox: The “tough on crime” approach won’t solve our problems

    VT Digger (commentary), January 23, 2024

  • County committee reviews years of NYC Overdose Prevention Center results

    The Ithaca Voice, January 18, 2024

  • Vermont on the Verge of Authorizing Safe Consumption Sites

    Filter, January 19, 2024

  • Injecting safe spaces into drug policy

    Williston Observer, January 18, 2024

  • Maine lawmakers discuss new bill proposing the decriminalization of some drugs

    WMTV, January 17, 2024

  • Halifax doctor calls for safer opioid access

    CBC, January 17, 2024

  • Vermont House Passes Bill To Legalize And Fund Safe Drug Consumption Sites Over Governor’s Objection

    Marijuana Moment, January 16, 2024

  • As Vermont grapples with spike in overdose deaths, House approves safe injection sites

    AP, January 12, 2024

  • Vermont House votes to establish overdose prevention centers

    VT Digger, January 11, 2024

  • Vermont House approves bill allowing safe injection sites

    Vermont Public, January 11, 2024

  • Advocates kick off campaign to decriminalize drugs, invest in treatment

    Maine Morning Star, January 11, 2024

  • Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds

    The Guardian, January 11, 2024

  • Will Eberle: Vermont needs overdose prevention centers — now

    Vt Digger, January 10, 2024

  • Vermont officials say renewed focus is needed to tackle worsening opioid crisis

    NPR, January 9, 2024

  • 10 years ago, Gov. Peter Shumlin highlighted the opioid crisis. Has Vermont made any progress?

    Vermont Public, January 8, 2024

  • When People Ask Harm Reductionists, “What About Treatment?”

    Filter Magazine, January 8, 2024

  • Despite governor’s opposition, Vermont House to consider bill to establish overdose prevention sites

    Vtdigger, December 20, 2023

  • Vt. lawmakers revisit potential for safe injection sites

    WCAX, December 19, 2023

  • Editorial Board: Give supervised consumption sites a chance to reduce drug-related deaths

    Boston Globe, December 15, 2023

  • Recriminalizing drugs would be a bad choice for Oregon

    Oregon Capital Chronicle, December 15, 2023

  • Pop-up Overdose Prevention Tent an Act of Defiance and Love

    Filter, December 14, 2023

  • Mass. Health Dept. says state needs controversial overdose prevention centers

    WBUR, December 13, 2023

  • In Putney, harm reduction takes a rural focus

    VT Digger, December 11, 2023

  • America’s War on Drugs Has Always Been Bipartisan—and Unwinnable

    Time, December 7, 2023

  • No Spike in Overdoses with COVID-era Expansion of Methadone Access: Study demonstrates more flexible policies could help close gap in care

    Columbia Univ. Dept. of Psychiatry, December 6, 2023

  • The third wave: Burlington struggles to find solutions to a fentanyl-fueled crisis

    VT Digger, November 27, 2023

  • The third wave: How Burlington lost ground in its battle against opioids

    VT Digger, November 26, 2023

  • Drug decriminalisation: grounding policy in evidence

    The Lancet, November 25, 2023

  • Put morality aside — drug liberalization works, says ex-New Zealand PM

    Politico, November 22, 2023

  • How Are Opioid Settlement Funds Being Spent So Far?

    Health Affairs, November 21, 2023

  • Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

    KFF Health News, November 21, 2023

  • Top Federal Health Official Says Abstinence-Only Drug Treatment Is ‘Magical’ Thinking That ‘Costs A Lot Of Lives’

    Marijuana Moment, November 20, 2023

  • One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

    NPR, November 19, 2023

  • Do Safe Injection Sites Increase Crime? There’s Finally an Answer.

    New York Times, Maia Szalavitz, November 16, 2023

  • Overdose prevention sites not associated with increase in crime, according to study

    Brown University, November 13, 2023

  • Leading with Compassion: A Conversation with Sam Rivera

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, November 9, 2023

  • To combat the overdose crisis, momentum builds for safe consumption sites in Massachusetts

    Boston Globe, November 7, 2023

  • B.C. Coroner’s death panel recommends issuing drugs without prescription to stop ODs

    Vancouver Sun, November 1, 2023

  • Nurses Condemn the Arrests of Safe Supply Providers

    The Tyee, October 31, 2023

  • Drug Decriminalization Law Takes Effect in Australian Capital Territory

    Marijuana Moment, October 30, 2023

  • Addiction workers urge Quebec to decriminalize simple drug possession

    Montreal Gazette, October 24, 2023

  • American Society of Addiction Medicine Calls on States to Strengthen Good Samaritan Laws to Prevent Fatal Overdose

    American Society of Addiction Medicine, October 22, 2023

  • Pandemic isolation fed B.C.’s toxic drug crisis: public health officer

    The Canadian Press, October 20, 2023

  • UN High Commissioner on Human Rights: On drugs, Türk calls for human rights based policy, not repression

    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 19, 2023

  • Vermont Department of Health debuts free naloxone home delivery program

    Vermont Public, October 16, 2023

  • Counterpoint: The evidence shows that safer supply drug programs work

    National Post, October 12, 2023

  • The Shady Statistics Behind the War on Painkillers

    Reason, October 11, 2023

  • Magee & Baker: Vermont at a crossroads in its response to our overdose crisis

    VT Digger, October 8, 2023

  • Decriminalizing Drugs Doesn’t Increase Fatal Overdoses: Study

    Vice, October 5, 2023

  • Opinion: People think drug use causes homelessness. It’s usually the other way around

    LA Times, October 4, 2023

  • Decriminalizing substance use works in Portugal — and can in Oregon, says neuroscience and health journalist

    Oregon Public Broadcasting, October 2, 2023

  • How to Judge Harm Reduction's Success Data shows harm reduction works. Here's how to read it properly.

    Psychology Today, October 2, 2023

  • Our Struggle for Safe Consumption Sites in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

    Filter, September 28, 2023

  • Faulty background checks are violating privacy and ruining lives

    The Hill, September 28, 2023

  • More Vermonters dying of opioid overdoses as drugs become more toxic

    VTDigger, September 27, 2023

  • UN Agency Says Drug War Has 'Major Human Rights Impacts,' Urging Countries to Instead Adopt a Public-Health Approach

    Marijuana Moment, September 21, 2023

  • You can't overdose on fentanyl just by touching it. Here's what experts say.

    CBS, September 21, 2023

  • B.C. health officer urges patience on drug crisis, government says changes to regulations coming this fall

    CBC, September 18, 2023

  • North America's first legal supervised injection site marks 20th anniversary in Vancouver

    CBC, September 14, 2023

  • In Defense of Drug Decriminalization—Yes, in Oregon

    The Nation, September 8, 2023

  • I Thought Jail Would Help Me Get Clean. I Was Dead Wrong.

    The Marshall Project, September 3, 2023

  • In Act of Civil Disobedience, Activists Set Up Safe Drug Consumption Site in San Francisco

    KQED, August 31, 2023

  • Prescribed fentanyl helps this man manage his addiction. Experts want more access to safe supply

    CBC News, August 31, 2023

  • Decriminalization: How police drug seizure, even without arrest, can create harms

    The Conversation, August 30, 2023

  • Portugal Has Succeeded Where We’ve Failed With Addiction

    New York Times, August 29, 2023

  • Study: Tenderloin OD-prevention site saved lives — and got in its own way

    Mission Local, August 29, 2023

  • Will the Opioid Crisis Deliver Its Worst Harms to Black and Brown People?

    The Nation, August 28, 2023

  • Tales from New York 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'

    The Journal, August 23, 2023

  • Decriminalisation Under Attack: US Media Goes After Oregon’s Drug Policy Model

    Talking Drugs, August 22, 2023

  • We Can Prevent Overdose Deaths if We Change How We Think About Them

    Time, August 15, 2023

  • Don’t Blame Drug Decriminalization for What the Housing Crisis Has Caused

    Truthout, August 12, 2023

  • Cannabis “Significantly” Associated With Lower Unregulated Opioid Use

    Filter, August 11, 2023

  • OnPoint NYC, Operator of Nation's First Supervised Consumption Centers, Announces It Has Intervened in Over 1000 Overdoses

    OnPoint NYC, August 9, 2023

  • Burlington has already exceeded last year’s overdose totals

    VTDigger, August 8, 2023

  • Six months into B.C.'s decriminalization experiment, what's working and what's not?

    Vancouver Sun, August 5, 2023

  • Did Drug Decriminalization Cause a 'Catastrophe' in Oregon? Many of the problems the state is experiencing are caused by the continuing impact of prohibition.

    Reason, August 3, 2023

  • Fatal opioid overdoses in Vermont continue to trend up

    Vermont Public, July 31, 2023

  • Why criminalization of drugs doesn't prevent overdoses

    Salon, July 21, 2023

  • More money for Montreal supervised drug-use sites as city deals with addiction issues

    The Canadian Press - CTV - June 21, 2023

  • Amid Maine’s overdose crisis, bill to allow safe drug injection sites gets initial House approval

    Spectrum Local News, June 16, 2023

  • Learn From Portugal Decriminalization, Says One-Time US “Drug Czar”

    Filter, July 13, 2023

  • The US can learn from Portugal’s drug policies, including decriminalization

    The Hill, July 12, 2023

  • How a ‘Zombie Drug’ Crisis Exposes a U.S. Drug Law Failure

    Daily Beast, July 12, 2023

  • Decriminalization, safe supply already saving lives in B.C., contrary to backlash claims: addictions minister

    CBC, July 10, 2023

  • Scottish government wants drug possession to be decriminalised

    BBC, July 7, 2023

  • Minnesota legislature passes law opening door to creation of safe injection spaces

    KSTP-TV, July 6, 2023

  • The Deeper Dig: A spate of deaths focuses attention on Vermont prisons and the Department of Corrections

    VTDigger, June 26, 2023

  • Somerville dedicates funds for a supervised consumption facility

    WBUR, June 15, 2023

  • ‘The drug bust paradox’: Study shows opioid deaths double after police action

    Statnews.com, June 13, 2023

  • Fatal overdoses increase after police seize drugs, study finds

    American Journal of Public Health, June 12, 2023

  • How one Vt. community is going on the offensive against opioid overdoses

    WCAX, June 12, 2023

  • Rhode Island Expunges Over 23,000 Cannabis Possession Records

    Filter, June 9, 2023

  • We Already Know That Harder Law Enforcement Leads to Harder Drugs. It Also Leads to More Numerous Overdose Deaths.

    CATO Institute, June 8, 2023

  • Vermont takes an important step toward embracing a public health approach to drugs

    Vermont Interfaith Action, June 1, 2023

  • Phil Scott signs overdose prevention legislation into law

    VTDigger, May 25, 2023

  • Scott signs overdose prevention act

    mychamplainvalley.com, May 25, 2023

  • Kenneth Feder: Eliminating criminal penalties for buprenorphine may ease overdose crisis

    VTDigger, May 25, 2023

  • Ed Baker: We have an undeclared state of public health emergency

    VTDigger, May 18, 2023

  • Death of man in Bennington Police holding cell ruled an accidental overdose

    Vermont Public, May 16, 2023

  • Autopsy: Overdose killed man who died in Bennington cell

    Associated Press, May 15, 2023

  • Vermont health department says overdose deaths are on the rise

    mychamplainvalley.com, April 28,.2023

  • Final Reading: Senate passes overdose prevention bill but other legislation lags

    VTDigger, April 25, 2023

  • Top Pharmacists Association Endorses Drug Decriminalization

    Marijuana Moment, April 24, 2023

  • Vt. Senate approves bill to address fatal overdoses

    WCAX, April 25, 2023

  • Why involuntary treatment for addiction is a dangerous idea

    STAT, April 25, 2023

  • Drug-checking gets new legislative life

    VTDigger, April 16, 2023

  • I was addicted to fentanyl. Here's what we should be doing about it.

    SFGate, April 10, 2023

  • Panel urges Vt. lawmakers to spend opioid settlement money on outreach workers, naloxone

    Vermont Public, April 7, 2023

  • The Decriminalize Vermont Coalition calls for lawmakers to do more to reduce overdose rates in the state

    NBC5, April 6, 2023

  • Advocates push Vt. lawmakers to address mounting opioid deaths

    WCAX3, April 6, 2023

  • Final Reading: To address overdose crisis, advocates and state lawmakers call for decriminalizing opioids

    VTDigger, April 6, 2023

  • Grey Gardner: Vermont keeps kicking important drug reforms down the road

    VTDigger Commentary, April 6, 2023

  • New Haven health experts voice support for ‘safe-injection sites’ to curb fatal overdoses

    New Haven Register, March 24, 2023

  • Advocates call health department’s opioid spending priorities rushed

    VTDigger, March 23, 2023

  • Vermont’s 2022 opioid deaths set a record for the 3rd straight year

    VTDigger, March 23, 2023

  • Grim Tally of Fatal Overdoses Continues to Climb in Vermont

    Seven Days, March 21, 2023

  • Ed Baker: Vermont ignores data on effective overdose prevention

    VTDigger, Commentary, March 17, 2023

  • Vermont Has Multiple New Drug Decriminalization Bills

    Filter, March 14, 2023

  • Vermont Senators Advance Efforts to Stop Criminalizing Personal Use Drug Possession

    Decriminalize Vermont, March 10, 2023

  • Advocates continue to push for safe injection sites in Massachusetts

    Boston.com, March 3, 2023

  • Portuguese Experts and Civil Society Unite Against Criminalisation

    Talking Drugs, February 28, 2023

  • Bill to Eliminate Criminal Penalties for Low-Level Drug Possession Introduced in Vermont House of Representatives

    Decriminalize Vermont, February 28, 2023

  • America Has Lost the War on Drugs. Here’s What Needs to Happen Next.

    New York Times, February 22, 2023

  • American Society of Addiction Medicine Announces Support for Eliminating Criminal Penalties for Personal Use Drug Possession

    American Society of Addiction Medicine, February 9, 2023

  • ‘Not sitting this out’: Minnesota Medical Association votes to support decriminalization of illicit drugs

    MinnPost, January 16, 2023

  • Minnesota Medical Association Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs

    Marijuana Moment, December 26, 2022

  • Top Federal Drug Official Says Safe Consumption Sites Are Proven To Save Lives As DOJ Weighs Ending Legal Battle

    Marijuana Moment, November 21, 2022

  • Opioid death count through August is outpacing last year’s record numbers

    VTDigger, November 20, 2022

  • Drug overdose deaths are up 21% in Vermont

    VermontBiz, October 4, 2022

  • 94 Vermonters died from opioid overdose in first half of this year

    VTDigger, September 30, 2022

  • Vermont is getting more than $100 million from opioid lawsuits, with more on the way. What will it do with the windfall?

    Vermont Public, September 6, 2022

  • ‘Addiction Is a Medical Problem’: A Vermont Doctor Explains Why Nonjudgmental Treatment Is Good Medicine

    Seven Days, September 6, 2022

  • Addiction experts call for more funding, compassion to fight opioid epidemic

    Vermont Public, August 23, 2022

  • Opioid deaths involving an animal tranquilizer continue to grow

    VTDigger, August 18, 2022

  • Vermont Voters Support Treating Drug Addiction as a Health Issue and Decriminalizing Simple Possession

    Data for Progress, June 30, 2022

  • $2.25M from opioid settlement dedicated to help RI create safe drug consumption site

    The Providence Journal, July 22, 2022

  • Despite continued barriers, Burlington tries to chart path for ‘overdose prevention sites’

    VTDigger, July 15, 2022

  • Safe Drug Consumption Sites Decrease Overdose Risk And Prevent Public Use, Study Of First Sanctioned Centers In NYC Finds

    Marijuana Moment, July 15, 2022

  • Drug policy advocates outraged over Scott’s latest veto

    WCAX-3, June 13, 2022

  • Vermont governor vetoes safe injection sites for drug users

    Associated Press, June 8, 2022

  • Montreal public health director wants small amounts of illegal drugs decriminalized in city

    CBC, June 8, 2022

  • DOC reports fifth death at Vermont state prisons this year

    Vermont Public, May 17, 2022

  • Vermont Governor Vetoes Bill On ‘Reducing The Criminalization’ Of Drugs By Setting Personal Use Amounts

    Marijuana Moment, May 20, 2022

  • A Vermont mom lost her son to opioids. She told the makers of Oxycontin his story.

    Vermont Edition, April 26, 2022

  • ‘Intrusive and demeaning’ paperwork for Narcan paused and under review

    VTDigger, April 24, 2022

  • Vermont health officials confront record number of opioid overdose deaths

    Vermont Public, April 12, 2022

  • Column: Overdose prevention sites will save Vermont lives

    Valley News, April 16, 2022

  • House advances drug reform bill, but what exactly would it change?

    VTDigger, March 21, 2022

  • Addiction recovery centers ask for more state dollars as they face difficulty hiring, keeping workers

    VTDigger, March 6, 2022

  • New group works to decriminalize small 'personal use' amounts of drugs

    Vermont Business Magazine, February 16, 2022

  • Opioid overdose deaths in 2021 set new state record

    VTDigger, January 24, 2022

  • Vt. bill would decriminalize ‘personal amounts’ of drugs

    WCAX, January 20, 2022

  • Vermont Lawmakers File Drug Decriminalization Bill With Hopes Of Promoting Harm Reduction

    Marijuana Moment, January 14, 2022

  • Campaign to ‘End Addiction Stigma' Garnering Attention Across Vt.

    NECN, January 17, 2024

  • Burlington continues to explore safe injection sites

    WCAX-3, December 28, 2021

  • Black Vermonters bear disproportionate brunt of drug charges, new report shows

    VTDigger, November 17, 2021

  • Rhode Island Makes History by Legalizing Safe Consumption Sites

    Filter, July 8, 2021

  • Vermont decriminalizes possession of opioid addiction drug

    Associated Press, June 4, 2021

  • Vermont becomes first state to legalize limited possession of buprenorphine

    VTDigger, June 3, 2021

  • Nora Volkow: Addiction Should Be Treated, Not Penalized

    Health Affairs, April 27, 2021

  • A Push For Drug Decriminalization

    Vermont Public, February 24, 2021

  • 'A Public Health Issue': Chittenden Co. State's Attorney On Drug Decriminalization

    Vermont Public, February 23, 2021

  • Lawmakers, prosecutor say it’s time for Vermont to decriminalize drugs

    VTDigger, February 17, 2021

  • Traffic stop report shows lack of progress on racial disparities

    VTDigger, February 1, 2021

  • Lawmakers poised to pass expansion of marijuana expungements

    VTDigger, August 24, 2020

  • Hooked: Stories and Solutions from Vermont's Opioid Crisis

    Seven Days (2019)

  • The Debate Over Decriminalizing The Addiction Treatment Drug Buprenorphine

    Vermont Public, April 10, 2019

  • Recovery from opioid addiction in Vermont: Battling the epidemic

    Burlington Free Press, March 31, 2019

  • Health Experts Push To Decriminalize Addiction Treatment Drug

    Vermont Public, March 22, 2019

  • The Viral Obituary Of An Opioid Addict: 'She's Just One Face' Of The Epidemic

    Vermont Public, October 20, 2018

  • This Vermont Prosecutor Is Pushing Back Against the DOJ's Drug Warriors

    Reason, June 15, 2018

  • Fatal Opiate Overdoses in Vermont Reach New High in 2017

    Seven Days, March 22, 2018

  • Push For Safe Injection Sites Sidelined In Montpelier, For Now

    Vermont Public, January 12, 2018

  • As Toll Of Opioid Crisis Rises, Vermont Senate Considers Safe Injection Sites

    Vermont Public, January 5, 2018

  • Vermont legislature approves marijuana legalization bill

    Reuters, May 10, 2017

  • Chittenden Prosecutor Creates Commission to Study Safe Injection Sites

    Seven Days, March 16, 2017

  • It's Still A Crisis: Opiate-Related Deaths Continue To Rise

    Vermont Public, February 8, 2017

  • Under Supervision: Should Vermont Legalize Heroin Injection Sites?

    Seven Days, January 25, 2017

  • Researcher aims to give state new tools to fight opiate crisis

    VT Digger, September 5, 2016

  • Vermont Pharmacies Can Now Sell Overdose Drug Without Requiring A Prescription

    Vermont Public, August 25, 2016

  • Study Finds Racial Disparities In Vermont State Police Traffic Stops

    Vermont Public, May 25, 2016

  • Staying Alive: The Highs and Lows of Overdose-Reversing Narcan

    Seven Days, December 9, 2015

  • Vermont's Prison Chief Says It's Time to Decriminalize Drug Possession

    Seven Days, June 17, 2015

  • Report Contemplates Legalizing Marijuana in Vermont

    Seven Days, January 16, 2015

  • Fentanyl Overdoses On The Rise In Vermont

    Vermont Public, December 12, 2014

  • The Pentagon Is Stocking Vermont With Tools of War

    Seven Days, November 26, 2014

  • Interactive: Explore the Military Equipment in Your Community

    Seven Days, November 26, 2014

  • Budget cuts hit drug treatment, family services

    VTDigger, August 13, 2014

  • Vermont to study legalization of marijuana

    Burlington Free Press, May 15, 2014

  • Overdose Recovery Drug Becomes More Widely Available

    Vermont Public, March 24, 2014

  • In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse

    New York Times, January 8, 2014

  • Vt. does poorly in report on racial profiling and marijuana arrests

    Bennington Banner, June 30, 2013

  • 2 medical marijuana dispensaries open in Vt.

    Brattleboro Reformer, June 26, 2013

  • New Laws Contains Immunity Measures For Drug Overdoses

    Vermont Public, June 6, 2013

  • Legislature Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana

    Vermont Public, May 13, 2013

  • Vermont moves toward decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana

    Reuters, May 13, 2013

  • US: Drug Arrests Skewed by Race

    Human Rights Watch, March 2, 2009

  • Seeds of Discontent: Isn't it high time Vermont mellowed out its marijuana laws?

    Seven Days, April 20, 2005

  • National Report | New England: Vermont: Medical Marijuana

    New York Times, May 21, 2004

  • Vermont Approves Amended Medical Marijuana Measure

    NORML, May 20, 2004

  • Smoke and Mirrors? Searching for clarity on the medical marijuana debate

    Seven Days, April 21, 2004

  • Methadone clinic compromise reached

    Times Argus, April 27, 2000

  • NPR All Things Considered: Methadone Ban

    National Public Radio, March 13, 2000

  • Pardons an Attempt to Right Wrongs for 71 Vermonters

    Washington Post, January 6, 1977